I was the recipient of a good hard mental slap to the face, along with an emotional punch in the gut this week.
W.A.-Way Awesome.
Sometimes when you're a high school student, you think things about people subconsciously, and don't even realize it.
And that was also redundant. You're a cool kid, Aubrey.
Anyways, I had never even met this girl. I'd seen her in the halls at school and, since I am a human being naturally prone to pride, I thought less of her than I should have. Without going into detail, she seemed like the kind of girl who would drag you down into her unconcealed pit of misery if she could. How awful I feel. I learned this week, thanks to a buddy and my mental slap, that she was a lot stronger, and more courageous than anybody could see.
She had been adopted as a preteen. Her parents didn't like her, and kicked her out. She's now living in a motel with her sister and her sister's boyfriend. She's trying to make it through high school even though her learning disability gets in the way. She doesn't know how exactly she's going to make ends meet when she's out of high school.
I now have much more respect for her, and much less respect for me.
On a happier note, I have this awesome friend :) She's pretty good at talking to anybody. And everybody. All the time. She saved two lives in one day.
First, she saved a little boy, ok he's a (not so little) senior, who was sitting all by himself at lunch. I tried to get the guts to go be his friend, but the awfully awkward situation kept playing through my head. That's when my awesome friend came to the rescue. She went up and talked to him, and they didn't stop talking. After I finished my lunch, I talked to him too.
He's W.A.-Way Awesome.
His name is Daniel, and he competes internationally with an Air Force drill team. He also writes freelance, and just had an article published in an Egyptian newspaper. His mile time is 6:23. You should all be friends with him.
Then she saved my life just a few hours later after my gut punch. Sometimes when you're me, you get your hopes up, or totally perceive something in the wrong way, and then it all ends with traumatic tragedy. That's what awesome friends are for. Especially when they drive you to your sister's house in Provo at 10 at night and hold your hand the whole way.
I.L.Y.L.R.- I Love You Lauren Roylance
